Mining and Resources Conference Bio's
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Adrian Day - President, Adrian Day Asset Management
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Adrian Day is a British-born writer and money manager who has made a name for himself searching out unusual opportunities around the world. He was a pioneer in this country promoting the benefits of global investing, with two books on the subject. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is president of his own money management firm, Adrian Day Asset Management, where he specializes in global diversification and gold equities for individual and institutional clients. He is also editor of a premium fax/e-mail service, Adrian Day’s Global Analyst.
www.adriandayassetmanagement.com
A frequent speaker at international seminars, and well known by many in the financial world, Adrian Day has been interviewed by Money, Straits Times, “Good Morning America”, CNBC, CNN, FNN, BBC, and quoted in other leading publications and programs.
Mr. Day is available to give presentations on both global markets and gold, as well as sector allocation.
- Where in the World? Best markets for the year ahead.
- What role should resources play in your portfolio?
- Gold vs. stock markets: Where is the value?
- Finding Value in an Overvalued World
- The World Economy and Markets: Forecasts and Strategy
- Gold and gold stocks: Price Outlook and investment strategy for the year ahead
- How to Build and Global Portfolio
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Canstar Resources Inc.
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Canstar Resources Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company engaged in the business of exploring for mineral deposits, primarily gold and base metals.
Canstar is led by an experienced Board of Directors and a professional management team combining over 75 years of experience in exploration , mining, finance and business development.
The Company’s objectives and focus is to discover and develop economic mineral deposits, primarily in North America, Canstar has assembled a strong portfolio and properties ranging from grassroots to moderately advanced prospects.
The principal focus is on the Mary March property in the Buchans area of Newfoundland and Labrador. The property is on option from Phelps Dodge Corporation in partnership with Xtrata. It covers a potentially viable VMS deposit containing high grades in copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver (best drill hole; 10.33 % zinc, 7.56% lead, .33% copper, 4.1 g/t gold and 118.1 g/t silver over 9.23 meters.) This mineralization is markedly similar to the nearby, formerly producing Buchans Mine, one of the highest grade VMS deposits in Canada.
The property is the subject of a title dispute between the Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Recorder’s office and Vinland Resources, a private company. An Appeals and Cross Appeal hearing is scheduled for October 16th and 17th by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Company’s legal counsel is of the opinion that the decision will reward the property to Canstar.
Other mineral properties include two claim blocks in the McFaulds Lake area of Northern Ontario in proximity to a new, high grade, copper-nickel discovery by Noront Resources Inc., and the Slate Bay copper-gold property in the Red Lake area of Northwestern Ontario.
The Corporation continues to seek out new high, quality properties with economic potential. www.canstarresources.com
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Gold Resource Corporation
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Website: www.Goldresourcecorp.com
Overview
Gold Resource Corporation (GRC) is an emerging gold producer focused on exploration of a series of high-grade gold and silver deposits in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. The Company’s projects have been selected based on projected low operating costs and potential for significant returns on capital. GRC’s initial exploration efforts have been focused on the El Aguila project, a deposit featuring high-grade gold and silver mineralization. An independent Scoping Study estimated production costs of approximately $100 per ounce of gold, and an annual return-on-capital of greater than 100%, indicating a capital payback of less than one year.
Gold Resource Corporation made a positive production decision for its El Aguila Project April 11, 2007 and targets production mid-2008. GRC is also focused on three additional high-grade properties; the Las Margaritas Silver Property, El Rey Gold Property and the Solaga Silver Property. Collectively, these prospects could provide GRC with a pipeline of potential projects that would expand and diversify the Company’s precious metal production profile.
Projects
All of Gold Resource Corporation's properties are located in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and have been selected based on their potential to meet the Company's objectives of low operating costs and potential for high returns-on-capital. GRC has 100% interest in all four if its properties.
At the Company's flagship property, El Aguila Gold Project, the associated processing facilities would also handle any mineralization mined at GRC's pipeline of projects. GRC’s future plan is four high-grade properties feeding one mill.
Management:
Gold Resource Corporation’s CEO and President William Reid, and Vice President David Reid, previously founded U.S. Gold Corporation (USGL) in 1977. The Reid’s ran USGL for 28 years until August of 2005 when they sold controlling interest to one of the most successful mining entrepreneurs of this era. During the 28 years USGL operated under the Reid’s management the company built or participated in 6 producing mines. The Reid’s departure from USGL has allowed them to focus their attention on Gold Resource Corporation. They are using their previous 28 years of industry experience to maximize shareholder value for Gold Resource Corporation.
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Peter Grandich - Founder, Grandich Publications, LLC
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With no formal education or training, Peter Grandich entered Wall Street and within three years was appointed Vice President of Investment Strategy for a leading New York Stock Exchange member firm. A prolific and often-quoted writer, he edited and published four investment newsletters.
Labeled the Wall Street Whiz Kid, Grandich gained national notoriety by being among the very few who not only forecasted the 1987 stock market crash just weeks before it happened, but on the very next day he predicted that within a year the market would reach a new all-time high – which it did. Proving his 1987 forecast was no fluke, Mr. Grandich said in January 2000 that the year 2000 will go down as the year the great mega bull market of the 80s and 90s came to an end.
He appears almost daily in the financial media on TV, radio, the web and in print. Grandich also speaks at major investment conferences worldwide and has been awarded Best Speaker Award eight times.
Grandich is the founder and managing member of Grandich Publications, LLC (www.Grandich.com ), which publishes The Grandich Letter. First published in 1984, The Grandich Letter provides commentary on the mining and metals markets, discusses the Canadian economy and investments from an American point of view, and provides commentary on the world's markets and economies. Grandich Publications also provides a variety of services to publicly-held corporations on a compensation basis.
Peter Grandich is co-founder of Trinity Financial, Sports & Entertainment Management Co., a financial services firm with a Christian perspective. Trinity (www.TrinityFSEM.com ) serves the public-at-large and has a unique Pro Sports Division that assists athletes and entertainers in the creation and management of wealth.
In addition, Grandich is a member of the National Association of Christian Financial Consultants, and a long-standing member of The New York Society of Security Analysts and The Society of Quantitative Analysts.
Peter Grandich lives in Manalapan, NJ with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Tara.
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Lawrence Roulston - Resource Opportunities
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Lawrence is a geologist, with engineering and business training, and more than 20 years of hands-on experience in the resource industry. After completing his studies at the University of British Columbia in 1975, Mr. Roulston worked as an analyst for the major mining company Cominco Ltd. He also worked in a management role for several years with a mid-sized Calgary oil group. In 1984 he became the vice-president of a group of mineral exploration companies. He was also vice-president of an investment management firm focused on the resource industry. From 1994 to 1997, he was president and CEO of a mineral exploration company. Since then, he has been a resource industry consultant and independent mining analyst. He began writing Resource Opportunities in 1998.
Lawrence conducts frequent property visits as part of his due diligence and has toured mining and exploration projects in many parts of the world. He has also served as an expert witness in litigation regarding mining investments. Lawrence is frequently quoted and interviewed in the media, including national television. He has spoken at mining and investment conferences around the world.
Mr. Roulston's years of hands-on experience and extensive personal contacts in the industry provide unique insights that have generated an impressive track record for Resource Opportunities. Further information can be found at www.resourceopportunities.com
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Merit Mining Corp
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Merit Mining Corp.’s objective is to become a mid tier producer of 250,000 ounces of gold equivalent within the next 3 to 5 years by developing its Greenwood and J&L projects to production combined with another acquisition. Merit is now financed to develop its Greenwood Gold Project ($15m) to production, to advance its J&L polymetallic project (gold-silver-zinc-lead) to feasibility stage ($10.8m) and to make further acquisitions. Merit’s short term goal is to develop its project at Greenwood to production by the second quarter of 2008 at 30,000 ounces of gold equivalent in the first full year of production and 50,000 ounces thereafter. The Company’s short term goal with its J&L project is to complete a major underground drilling and development program combined with environmental and pre-feasibility work leading to a feasibility study aimed at a production rate of 150,000 ounces of gold equivalent per year.
Merit Mining Corp. is an exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and trades under the symbol MEM. Merit has 140.1m shares issued and outstanding and 232.7m shares fully diluted. The Company is currently trading at $0.335 per share for a market capitalization of $47m. On a fully diluted basis 78% of the shares of Merit are owned by a strategic investor (Wega Mining ASA of Oslo, Norway), insiders and other major shareholders. During the last several months Merit has arranged $54.5m in financing with Wega Mining which now owns 59.9 % of the issued shares and 65% fully diluted.
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Probe Mines Limited
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Probe Mines Limited is a Canadian base and precious metal explorer led by an experienced management team. The Company has assembled a portfolio of quality projects, including the very active McFauld's Lake area base metal projects in Northern Ontario and the Bristol Township gold project in the Timmins West camp. In addition, Probe holds a gold production royalty on a portion of Agnico-Eagle's Goldex project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which is scheduled to commence production in 2008 and represents a potential revenue stream for the company.
To maximize on the recent nickel-copper discovery of Noront Resources at McFauld’s Lake, Probe recently launched a reconnaissance field program on its McFauld's Lake West property which is immediately adjacent to the new find. The field work will comprise a precise location of property boundaries and a soil geochemical survey, employing mobile metal ion (MMI) analysis. The survey will be centered over a magnetic anomaly identified from regional airborne data, similar to the one thought to be associated with the new nickel copper discovery. Probe Mines owns a 100% interest in 12 claims (192 hectares) staked in 2005 along the northern boundary, and to the south and west, of the Condor/Greenstone claim boundaries. The claims lie less than 600 metres from the site of the new nickel-copper discovery and represent the closest property to the new discovery. The reconnaissance survey will be used to develop a second, more comprehensive, exploration program on the property.
The partial assay results on drillcore from the discovery hole show a 36m core length of sulphide mineralization assayed 1.84% Ni and 1.53% copper. The new discovery is significant as both a new Canadian nickel discovery and more specifically for the McFauld's Lake area where Probe owns over 856 claims (13,696 hectares). Historically the McFauld's Lake Belt is known for its base metal volcanogenic massive sul,phide (VMS) deposits, however, this new nickel intersections broadens the scope for exploration in the area and strengthens its potential as a new Canadian mining camp.
The Company's strategy is to aggressively explore its key assets to maximize shareholder value, while joint venturing out non-core assets to advance exploration and preserve capital. www.probemines.com
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